An advocacy coalition analysis of the game RapeLay: The regulation of sexual violence and virtual pornography in Japan

Dilton Rocha Ferraz Ribeiro

doi:10.15448/1984-7289.2020.2.30279

Authors

Dilton Rocha Ferraz Ribeiro International Christian University (ICU), Tokyo, Japan. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3243-2062

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-7289.2020.2.30279

Keywords:

Virtual pornography, Lolicon, Japan, Pop culture

Abstract

The Advocacy Coalition Framework provides an efficient lens to analyze a complex subsystem concerning the controversial issue of fictitious depictions of children and rape fantasies in games, especially a game released in Japan called RapeLay. There are two opposing coalitions in Japan: the “children protection coalition” and the “pro status quo coalition”. Each group seeks to influence people to either change or to maintain the current non-criminalization of these products. This article analyzes how these coalitions are bound together and whether they are efficient.

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Author Biography

Dilton Rocha Ferraz Ribeiro, International Christian University (ICU), Tokyo, Japan.

Professor (by Special Appointment) at the International Christian University ,Tokyo, Japan. PhD in Law from the Queens University ,Kingston, Canada. Master in Social Sciences from the international Christian University ,Tokyo, Japan, and Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Law from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

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